Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Janice Marie Gierman Wascko Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Janice Marie Gierman Wascko Oral History

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Narrator Wascko, Janice Marie Gierman
Narrator's Role Student at Kent State University in 1970
Date of Interview 1990-05-04
Description A freshman at Kent State University in 1970, Janice Marie Gierman Wascko talks about her memories of the events of May 4, 1970. She relates her eyewitness account of the shootings; she arrived at The Commons just as the shots were being fired. She discusses seeing Jeffrey Miller, the National Guard, armored personnel carriers, tear gas, and police. She describes sitting in the grass on Blanket Hill and listening to Dr. Glenn Frank and also describes encounters she and her housemates had with police and the National Guard.
Length of Interview 23:00 minutes
Places Discussed Kent (Ohio)
Time Period discussed 1970
Subject(s) Armored vehicles, Military
Bullet holes
College students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Eyewitness accounts
Firearms
Frank, Glenn W.
Helicopters
Kent (Ohio). Police Dept.
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Kent State University. Police Dept.
Miller, Jeffrey, d. 1970
Ohio. Army National Guard
Searchlights
Students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Tear gas munitions
Repository Special Collections and Archives
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Provenance/Collection May 4 Collection